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Summary

Earth Science offers a reader-friendly overview of our physical environment for the reader with little or no exposure to science. The emphasis is on readability, with clear explanations and examples, superb illustrations by the renowned Dennis Tasa, and an incredible collection of full color photographs and topographical maps. Topics covered in this highly readable and interesting book are geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. For readers needing a basic informational book about Earth Science.

Table of Contents

Introduction

A view of earth

The earth sciences

Earth science and the environment

The nature of scientific inquiry

Studying earth science

Earth as a System

Earth's place in the cosmos

Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks

Carrot, karat, carat

Gemstones

Rocks: Materials of the Lithosphere

Asbestos: What are the risks?

Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting

Acid precipitation: A human impact on the earth system

Laterites and the clearing of the rainforest

The Gros Ventre slide: A classic case study

Running Water and Groundwater

The effects of urbanization on discharge

The midwest floods of 1993

Dowsing for water

Geothermal energy: An alternative

Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind

Do glaciers move? An application of the scientific method

What if the ice melted?

Common misconceptions about deserts

Dust bowl: Soil erosion in the great plains

Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

Damaging earthquakes east of the Rockies

Tsunami warning system

Plate Tectonics

A new test for plate tectonics

Plate tectonics into the future

The earth system: Plate tectonics and the rock cycle

Igneous Activity

The year without a summer

Volcano sizes

Volcanic activity and climate

Mountain Building

The San Andreas fault system

Oil traps

The Rocky Mountains

Geologic Time

Radon

Earth History: A Brief Summary

The great paleozoic extinction

Farewell to the dinosaurs

Ocean Waters and the Ocean Floor

Evidence for the existence of turbidity currents

Seafloor sediments and climatic change

The Restless Ocean

Tidal power

Is global warming causing sea levels to rise?

Composition, Structure, and Temperature

Altering the atmosphere's composition: Sources and types of air pollution